Ask HN: Do developers often not know how to put their stuff online?
Hey everyone,
I recently hired three fantastic developers – one who's great with React and two Python experts. However, I was surprised to discover that none of them knew how to deploy their work on AWS, GCP, or even Vercel. They did an excellent job understanding the business requirements and writing the code, but when it came to deployment, they simply pushed their code to GitHub and thought that was it.
Is this a common situation? Do I actually need to bring in a DevOps or infrastructure expert? Are there any dev-friendly platforms available where developers can easily set up EC2 instances and handle the entire deployment process from start to finish?
I recently hired three fantastic developers – one who's great with React and two Python experts. However, I was surprised to discover that none of them knew how to deploy their work on AWS, GCP, or even Vercel. They did an excellent job understanding the business requirements and writing the code, but when it came to deployment, they simply pushed their code to GitHub and thought that was it.
Is this a common situation? Do I actually need to bring in a DevOps or infrastructure expert? Are there any dev-friendly platforms available where developers can easily set up EC2 instances and handle the entire deployment process from start to finish?
Thanks!